Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

IN thls country was 1ounu IN Lrglnla
IN 1715.
Books in their present form were
invented bv Attalus, king of Perga-
nus, in SS1.
A child in Michigan has picked
With her own hand and pasted on card
BOARD and exhibited at a church fair
2,l25 specimens OF four leaf clover.
The highest steeples in the world
ITe those on the Cologne Cathedral
ana are oil feet high. This cathedral
Is the largest piece of Gothic architec-
ture in the world.
Cotton was planted as an expert
nent in the Carolinas as early as 1921;
but cotton growing as an industry,
was not engaged in TO any extent until
after the Revolutionary war.
"A Gilboa IN. Y y man has made
queer looking machine, which he
guards with Jealous care. He believes
he has discovered perpetual motion.
People come miles TO see the ina
chine''
"A pair OF rubber hands have been
attached by a Newark, New Jersey,
doctor to the wrists OF young Walter
Alexander, whose hands were cut off
by coming in contact with the ma
chinery of the Belleville Rubber
Works.
Peter Mcintyre, of San Fran
cisco, who was burned a couple of
months ago, has had 100 pieces of skin
taken from other persons grated upon
his shoulders and arms, and the last
graft has not yet been put on.
Miss Eay's spIritualistic seance at
Blackburn, England, came to a sudden
end when some one IN the audience
struck a light, and Miss Gay was
found to have climbed to the roof,
while the spirit that was floating in
the darkness over the heads of the audi
ence was an inflated linen bag.
Fire and smoke issuing from the
show window of a dealer in spectacles
in Torquay attracted the attention of
a passer by, who entered and aroused
the proprietor. The suns rays had
become focused through the glass of "A
pair of spectacles which were shown in
the window, and thus ignited a shade.
Exactly when shoes were first worn
is a matter of uncertainty, but il Is
known that III 1862 the English wore
long pointed foot coverings. The
Jews of an ancient date fashioned
shoes of various materials. such as
! linen, wOOl-ibre and skins. The pres
/ ent style of shoe is traced back to the
! year 1868
J "A traveller from the islands Of
| South Burmah says that il is no un-
! common sight to see monkeys among
| the rocks at low tide, gathering and
| opening oysters. Tuey open them by
! striking a sharp blow with a stone at
! the base of the upper valves. which
! dislOcates 1t, and then with their fin
! gers they eXtrlcate the oyster, of which
they are very ea'--i
In carrying out tie extension of
| the Via Geneva the foundations have
! been uncovered of a house belonging
| TO a distinguished Roman lady, Emilia
/ Paullna Asiatica, sisteT-in-law of
| ScipIo, who vanqushed Hannibal, at
Zama. In eXcavating for the fOuuda-
! tions of the new Bauca NaZiOnale,
| fragments of a large marble calendar
were dug up, on which were noted the
| games 10 be celebrated in April in
| honor of Ceres and Cybele ON the Pala-
| tine. Near the FOrta Piuciana All In
/ scription has been found indicating
| that "A temple to Silvanus had been
! built on that spot.
The six-year-old son of a Ken
tucky man is acquiring nOtOriety as
weather prophet. The child is small
| for his age, and can not yet talk plainly,
| but has developed barometrical powers
! to wonderful degree. Since he was
| four years old his parents, who are res
pectable and reliable people, declare
! that he has fOTetold every rain, hail
| storm or snow storm, and even the
! light showers and spTiukles so plentiful
| III the spring OF the year. One day re-
! Gently, while the sun was blazing down
J with intense heat, the child came into
! the house from the yard, where he had
! been lntently gazing at the heavens,
| and predicted heavy Tain-storm, to
! be followed by a profuse fall of han.
| In the afternoon his prophecy was
verified by heavy storm.
| "A Pennsylvania man is the owner
! of calf that IS attracting much at
tentiOn. Its hind legs are six inches
shorter than the fore legs, are double
! jOinted and are larger IN proportion.
! Each IS supplied with two distinct,
! perfectly-fOTmed feet. The boots OF
one foot and half the hOof Of the other
! foot on each hind leg is used while
walking. The other half of the hoof
on each inside OF the foot projects
horizontally exactly like the spurs OF a
game cock. The body of the calf is
large and well formed. The short
mind legs give the calf the appearance
of giraffe when running III the pas
ture.
"A ''bearded pebble - as he calls it,
IS in possession of a NOTwIck Conn }
man. 1t came from Crab Ledge, near
| Nantucket, is about as large as hens
egg, and on its smooth surface is q
mass Of filaments that resemble nothing
50 much as hair. The stone has been
out of the water for nearly two years,
and yet the hairs, which are over an
inch long, look vigorous and lifelike.
1t is said that Massachusetts collec-
tor has one of these stones that has
been out of the water forty years In
which time the hairs have doubled in
length.
"A shepherd boy was killed by a
tear recently in the mountains of
Savoy. The villagers decided on get
ting up a hunt after the bear, and ey
started IN search, but without finding
il. On their return home they, how
ever, perceived that the boys mother.
who had insisted on Joining the party
with a gun, had been left behind.
1t was now night, but some of the
people went back and secured the
woods IN every direction. When day
dawned. they found the woman lying
in a secluded spot, her dress in rags,
her arms crushed, and her face COW
cred with blood. At her side was a
huge bear, dead. us head smashed by
a discharge from a gun which she had
taken with her. The villagers, after
binding up her wounds as best they
could, bore her 10 her home, and she
/ Is progressing 50 satisfactorily that
hope Is entertained that she may Te-
cover. But the woman has not yet
been able TO give an account of her
struggle with the bear which had
killed her child. II seems clear that
after the search had been abandoned
the mother continued 1t, without glv-
ing even 2 LInt as y her intention.